Shoe-hanger.



N0. 895,696. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

R. W. SMITH.

SHOE HANGER. APPLIUATION FILED MN. 11, 1991;.

Snuantoz UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFTOE.

RALPH W. SMITH, OF WIOHITA, KANSAS.

. SHOE-HANGER.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH W. SMITH, citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Shoe-Hangers, of which the fo owing is a s ecification.

The present invention re ates to a novel shoe hanging device, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which can be readily ap lied to any suitable support and which will operate in an effective manner to retain the shoes in an out of the way position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a shoe hanger which can be readily stamped from a single piece of sheet material and which can be bent to accommodate itself to various forms of supports.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from.

which the shoe hanger is formed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the shoe hanger applled to a door, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shoe hanger detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followln description andindicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

The shoe hanger embodying the present invention is designed to be stam ed from a single iece of sheet material an comprises origina ly a blank similar to that shown in Fig. 1. This blank is formed with an elongated body portion 1, the opposite ends of the body portion being rounded as indicated at 2 and the longitudinal edges thereof having an approximately parallel relation. Projecting downwardly from the mid dle'portion of the lower longitudinal edge of the body portion 1 is a flexible tang 3 designed to be driven into the base board of a door or other suitable support. Projecting upwardly from opposite ends of the upper longitudinal edge of the body portion are the teeth 4 designed to engage and embed themselves in the heel of a shoe as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 11, 1908.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Serial No. 410,422.

While the shoe hanger may be applied to any suitable support, it isshown in the pres ent instance as employed in connection with the base board of a door 5, the tang 3 being embedded in the said base board and the body portion 1 of the hanger deflected upwardly so that the teeth 4. will extend upwardly and engage the heel of a shoe applied to the hanger. In driving the tang 3 into the base board the hammer or other member employed strikes the upper edge of the body portion 1 between the teeth 4 and in alinement with the tang 3, and the tang may be driven either horizontally or in an inclined position, as may be most convenient. After the tang has thus been embedded in the support, the body portion 1 of the shoe hanger is deflected upwardly and the two ends of the said body portion may in a similar manner be bent rearwardly to prevent clothing from catching upon them.

In ap lying a shoe to the hanger the sole of the shoe is turned toward the body portion 1 with the toe pointing downwardly and the heel of the .shoe then caused to engage the teeth 4. A slight downward pressure upon the shoe will cause the teeth to embed themselves in the heel and the shoe will then be held securely against displacement.

While the device has been shown as driven into the door or support horizontally, nevertheless it is to be understood that if found desirable the tang may be driven vertically 'or nearly so into the bevel of the base-board or door, or that it can be driven into the su port in any other desired position, the ,b0 y portion being subsequently deflected so as to engage the shoes as above set forth. It will also be obvious that it is clearly within the s irit of the invention to cut off the ends of the body portion 1 square or at an angle instead of rounding them as indicated at 2, should the same be found desirable.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, the herein-described shoe hanger which is stamped from a single piece of sheet material and comprises an elongated body portion the longitudinal edges of which are approximately parallel, a pair of teeth being rovided which project laterally from one of t e longitudinal edges of the body portion toward the ends thereof and are designed to engage the heel being bent into position subsequent to drive of a shoe, the opposite longitudinal edge of ing[ the tang. 10 the body portion being provided at its midn testimony whereof I afiiX my signature dle ortion with a flexible tang adapted to in presence of two witnesses. 5 be d i'iven into a slip ort, the space between RALPH W; SMITH. [LL 5.]

the before mentione teeth serving to receive Witnesses:

the blows for driving the tang and the tang THORNTON W. SARGENT,

being flexible to admit of the body portion A. J. ADAMs. 

